DSL-2520U

ADSL2/2+ Router with USB and Ethernet Ports

User Manual

Configuring via Web-based Interface

System

In this menu you can save the changed settings to the non-volatile memory, create a backup of the

router's configuration, restore the router's configuration from a previously saved file, restore the

factory default settings, view the system log, update the firmware of the router, and change the

password used to access its settings.

Administrator Password

On the

System / Administrator password

page, you can change the password for the

administrator account used to access the web-based interface of the router and to access the device

via TELNET.

!

For security reasons, it is strongly recommended to change the administrator password

upon initial configuration of the router.

Figure 50. The

System / Administrator password

page.

Enter the new password in the

Password

and

Confirmation

fields and click the

Save

button.

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Configuration

On the

System / Configuration

page, you can save the changed settings to the non-volatile

memory, restore the factory defaults, backup the current configuration, or restore the router's

configuration from a previously created file.

Figure 51. The

System / Configuration

page.

The following buttons are available on the page:

Control

Description

Save

Click the button to save settings to the non-volatile memory. Please,

save settings every time you change the router's parameters.

Otherwise the changes will be lost upon reboot of the router.

Factory

Click the button to restore the factory default settings. Also you can

restore the factory defaults via the hardware Reset button (see the

Saving and Restoring Settings

section, page 18).

Backup

Click the button and follow the dialog box appeared to save the

configuration (all settings of the router) to your PC.

Restore

Click the button to upload a previously saved configuration (all

settings of the router) from a file on your PC. Click the

Choose/Browse

1

button to select a previously saved configuration

file located on your PC.

Actions of the

Save

,

Factory

, and

Backup

buttons also can be performed via the top-page menu

displayed when the mouse pointer is over the

System

caption.

1

The name of the button depends upon the web browser that you use.

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System Log

On the

System / System log

page, you can set the system log options and configure sending the

system log to a remote host.

Figure 52. The

System / System log

page. The

Configuration

tab.

To enable logging of the system events, select the

Logging

checkbox on the

Configuration

tab.

Then specify the needed parameters.

Control

Description

Logging type

Select a type of logging from the drop-down list.

•

Local

: the system log is stored in the router's memory (and

displayed on the

Log

tab). When this value is selected, the

Server address type

,

Server

, and

Port

fields are not

displayed.

•

Remote

: the system log is sent to the remote host specified

in the

Server

field.

•

Local and remote

: the system log is stored in the router's

memory (and displayed on the

Log

tab) and sent to the

remote host specified in the

Server

field.

Local logging level

Select a type of messages and alerts/notifications to be stored locally

in the router's memory. The field is available, when the

Local

or

Local and remote

value is selected from the

Logging type

drop-down list.

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Control

Description

Remote logging level

Select a type of messages and alerts/notifications to be sent to the

remote host specified in the

Server

field. The field is available,

when the

Remote

or

Local and remote

value is selected from

the

Logging type

drop-down list.

Server address type

From the drop-down list, select the

IP

value to specify an IP address

of a host from the local or global network, or the

URL

value to

specify a URL address of a remote server.

Server

The IP or URL address of the host from the local or global network,

to which the system log will be sent.

Port

A port of the host specified in the

Server

field. By default, the

value

514

is specified.

After specifying the needed parameters, click the

Change

button.

To disable logging of the system events, deselect the

Logging

checkbox and click the

Change

button.

On the

Log

tab, the events specified in the

Local logging level

list are displayed.

Figure 53. The

System / System log

page. The

Log

tab.

To view the latest system events, click the

Refresh

button.

To save the system log to your PC, click the

Export

button and follow the dialog box appeared.

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Firmware Upgrade

On the

System / Firmware upgrade

page, you can upgrade the firmware of the router.

Figure 54. The

System / Firmware upgrade

page.

The current version of the router's firmware is displayed in the

Firmware version

field on the

Start

page. If you need to install a newer version of the firmware, follow the next steps:

!

Attention! Do not turn off the router before the firmware upgrade is completed. This may

cause the device breakdown.

1.

Download a new version of the firmware from

www.dlink.ru

.

2.

Click the

Choose/Browse

2

button on the

System / Firmware upgrade

page to locate

the new firmware file.

3.

Click the

Update

button to upgrade the firmware of the router.

4.

Wait until the router is rebooted (about one and a half or two minutes).

5.

Log into the web-based interface using the login (

admin

) and the current password.

6.

Select the

Factory

line in the top-page menu displayed when the mouse pointer is over the

System

caption.

7.

Wait until the router is rebooted. Log into the web-based interface, using the default IP

address, login and password (

192.168.1.1

,

admin

,

admin

).

2

The name of the button depends upon the web browser that you use.

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